members-only

Remote Public Comments, Live Animal Testing, Teacher Housing and Monetary Issues Also On Agenda A major focus of the City Council Dec. 19th meeting will center on whether or not to enter into an “Exclusive Negotiating Agreement” (ENA) to someday build a large, indoor Performing Arts Center (PAC) with “Little House Opera Inc.” local community arts and music enterprise. While many may not have heard of the entity’s formal business name, thousands of performers, event goers and vendors have enjoyed… [READ MORE].

 The Official End Of The Alameda Sun As Online Edition Ceases Publication A last look at the Sun’s online display just before the publication went under. Publisher Eric Kos shows a bittersweet, golden sun reflection in his farewell smile. Alameda took a step in the direction of becoming a “news desert” with the final, second stage shutdown of the long-standing local newspaper, The Alameda Sun, in digital form scheduled to go offline on Dec.  15th. In fact, the webpage still… [READ MORE].

Local, Commercial Real Estate Veteran Broker Looks Past The Storefront Windows Many times, commercial real estate brokers/agents are asked about the retail scene in Alameda. It is my hope to answer that question here in this article. As a commercial broker that has worked in this wonderful community for over 30 years and served on the Downtown Alameda Business Association Board of Directors, it has always been a goal to find ways to help business owners and landlords succeed! Not… [READ MORE].

Loss Of Tenants As Rockwall Winery and Wrightspeed/Revo Spurs “Use Priority” Promotional and Public Comment Event To Help Advise City Council The City Of Alameda is more than a local city government in charge of police, fire, public works, parks, public policy and other standard functions. It is also the biggest landlord and property owner in town, with its crown-jewel being the more than 2,600 acre former Naval Air Station. But as any landlord knows, vacancies in lease properties cause… [READ MORE].

A Rare Treat These Days Underscoring The Importance Of Arts Education Lincoln Middle School in Alameda represents a rarity in schools these days, with its ongoing, decades long music program marching band tradition. The band’s time honored performance on Alameda’s “Christmas Tree Lane,” the  festive block of Thompson Avenue, took to the streets,  or more specifically to a front yard, for its annual performance at the site. This video gives a glimpse into the program, some logistics of a foot… [READ MORE].

City’s “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” Rolls Forward As Locals Provide Input By Larry Freeman A group of about seventy assembled at Edison School to chime in on how to improve safety on dangerous Fernside corridor. A sizeable group of around seventy adults and two young children who worked at a coloring table, responded to a deep, data based traffic safety  presentation at Edison School’s Multi Purpose Room on the evening of November 4th. While Monday Night Football and typical… [READ MORE].

City Seeks Public Input For  “Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project” This driver rolled right through the stop sign and into the crosswalk before spotting a young bicyclist crossing through the intersection. The vehicle stopped in time, but such has not always been the case. In the wake of multiple, ongoing neighborhood concerns about dangerous, speeding drivers who ignore stop signs, blow through bike lanes and endanger pedestrians in crosswalks on Fernside Boulevard, The City Of Alameda will host a Community… [READ MORE].

An Estimated Hundred People Turn Out To Support Humanitarian And Political Causes Vigil participants begin to gather in front of Alameda City Hall as musicians play, symbolic shoes representing Gazan child casualties send a message and local TV news crews get their footage and story A peaceable assembly, calling primarily for an end to the bloodshed in The Gaza Strip and a permanent cease fire in the wake of the recent Hamas Israel war, brought together about 100 people in… [READ MORE].